Ghost costume help

Elza · #1 (**permalink**) 07-31-2008, 05:33 PM

Hi, I got myself in a corner. I am hosting my own murder mystery and as I know all about everything, I wrote myself in as the ghost of the victim. Wouldn't be so bad, except I am female and my victim is male. (I am the ghost so that at certain points if it stalls, I can throw out clues to keep things going.)

Has anyone got a good idea how to make a female (I have female attributes that will be hard to hide) look like a male ghost. I was thinking of draping myself with lots of cheese cloth and painting my face.

I would love some creative ideas to make this come off a little better than that.

maleficent · #2 (**permalink**) 07-31-2008, 06:46 PM

You could replicate the victim's clothes in white or a very light grey. Use a couple of Ace bandages to flatten you chest a bit. And of course make up is a must.

The Halloween Goblin · #3 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 11:00 PM

You could make the costume slightly larger where it's harder to tell. I don't suppose you could
change the character to female, could you?

noahbody · #4 (**permalink**) 08-25-2008, 05:32 AM

Dress backwards, when you need to move the game along turn around. No more lady bumps.

the dogman · #5 (**permalink**) 08-25-2008, 07:20 PM

you could be a portly guy, just stuff a pillow under the costume,
and an ace bandage (or two) and some facial hair can make a big difference

RL4ever · #6 (**permalink**) 08-25-2008, 08:55 PM

The main aspect of a woman's figure that distinguishes it from a man's is in the side profile. If the bosom is noticeably larger than the waist, then one looks female. All you have to do, really, is make sure your lower chest area is padded out to match your bosom measurements, and then angle down to the hips, to create the traditional inverted triangle silhouette typical of a male. If you also have nice womanly hips, pad your shoulders well, and again, angle down to the hips. Broad shoulders and a nice "fill" effect for the lower chest should give you a masculine profile.

Also, the good ol' unisex flannel shirt can cover a multitude of "sins", and it kinda speaks of chainsaw killers, etc. Add a baseball cap with your hair roughly sticking out from under it here and there, and you'll look like a "good ol' boy" redneck ghosty fer sher! :->

Or, for a completely different approach... any chance this ghost could just happen to be a really good female impersonator?

Elza · #7 (**permalink**) 09-03-2008, 01:01 PM

RL4ever...thanks for the help...that got me to thinking about over all form and I think I can pull that off now. My only issue left is my hair. I may try the cap idea if I don't get any other ideas or I may just tie my hair back and cover the back of my head in cheese cloth.

karampaul - thanks, but I want to be a ghost, not a grim reaper. I plain on going all white.

My crime scene photos show the victim in jeans, tennis shoes and an Orange Pumpkin festival t-shirt. I am making the t-shirt and I will duplicate it in white with white lettering. Everything will be white on white. I'll do the rit whitener thing so it all glows under my black lights.